Earlier than any other year, and specifically on March 7, flights from the US to Greece begin, as stated by the Minister of Tourism, Vassilis Kikiliasafter the meeting he had with the US Ambassador, Jeffrey Payat.
“The start of flights from the US to Greece on March 7, earlier than any other year, is a vote of confidence in our country from a very important market that creates high added value for Greek Tourism,” he said.
In fact, American airlines will operate more than 14 direct flights to Greece during the high season, connecting Athens with 8 major US airports.
The meeting also discussed the positive impact that will have on attracting more visitors, the lifting of the obligation to show a negative coronavirus test for fully vaccinated travelers from the US.
Mr. Kikilias also informed the US Ambassador about the increased bookings of travelers from the USA, compared to 2019, but also about the targeted actions of the Ministry of Tourism that will further enhance the tourist flows from the USA.
It is noted that a few days ago, the minister had mentioned in an interview that the tourist season starts on March 1. “The way we handled the pandemic was so important that while all the other Mediterranean countries were closed in 2020, we opened up. And last year, when everyone believed that revenues from tourism would be 5-6 billion euros, they reached 10.5 to 11 billion euros. Huge contribution to the Greek economy and trade. I did not make predictions in the pandemic, I will not do now. But I see that instead of mid-April, we start March 1st. I see that the first cruise ship has already gone to Thessaloniki and to Volos as well. We will have 765 cruises, 55% of which will have home port in Piraeus, Thessaloniki, Heraklion, the Greek islands. “And at the moment there is a peculiar battle between the airlines who will take the lead in slots, that is, parking spaces at Greek airports so that it can bring people,” he pointed out.
Remaining on the tourist agenda, Mr. Kikilias noted that the ministry joins forces with everyone. “We cooperate with the Regions, that is why yesterday I convened the Regional Tourism Council, with the 13 Regional Governors, with the Municipalities, with the hoteliers, with the private sector and the tour operators, with the hundreds of professions and the hundreds of thousands of employees in Greece who “They operate and live through Tourism, which is the locomotive of the economy”, said the minister “.
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